3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
For years, 30-year-old Hawo Ahmed Yarow was told that women in her community of Somalia could not be farmers. In Hawos community of Moodin, women usually focus on childrearing and household duties. As Hawos family became more desperate for food, she decided to take a chance by planting her own garden. Recurrent droughts and floods in Hawos district have made farming difficult.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Perovskite solar cells are highly efficient and low cost in production. However, they still lack stability over the decades under real weather conditions. An international research collaboration has now explored the effects of multiple thermal cycles on microstructures and interactions between different layers of perovskite solar cells. They conclude that thermal stress is the decisive factor in the degradation of metal-halide perovskites.
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3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
By Doug Segrest and Nicole Wyatt Gray, the aptly named miniature Schnauzer, can size up a human instantly. Thanks to that intuition, the Sviatyi family, Andrii, Mariia and their children, have a fresh start, far away from the ravages of war. It started with a dog walk and a chance meeting before Russias invasion of Ukraine a few years ago. Gray instantly hit it off with another dog, and the respective humans did, too.
Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Sam Willis, Biodiversity Consultant at Ramboll, outlines opportunities for UK-based property developers and investors to hedge financial and nature risks. February 2025 marks the one-year anniversary of statutory biodiversity net gain (BNG), with UK developers now required to deliver a minimum 10% net gain on their developments, through on-site or off-site mitigation or via biodiversity credits.
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Originally published on Nielsen News Center For our 12th annual Nielsen Global Impact Day (NGID) on October 10, 2024, more than 2,200 Nielsen employees clocked over 9,700 volunteer hours, supporting 250+ organizations around the world across more than 300 individual events or activities. Volunteering continues to be more important than ever, as the global community works to address issues including food insecurity, climate change, responsible use of AI, and much more.
Cisco CSR
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Award recognizes Cisco for its innovative work in modernizing industrial operations
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Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Investor concerns linger over attempts to sideline sustainability, but others say simplification was long overdue. Many sustainability-focused investment managers and asset owners remain anxious that the UKs Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has removed all mention of environment and society from its definition of stewardship. Others, though, see this as a positive step, saying that the simplification will make it easier for companies and asset managers to live up to their sustainability commi
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
First responders dont hesitate they act. They answer 200 million emergencies a year, making split-second decisions that save lives. Yet even today, too many still face connectivity challenges that slow them down when every moment counts. A recent survey found that 64% of first responders say an unreliable network is their biggest concern. Thats not just frustrating it can mean the difference between life and death.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Update 2/21/25: PEDP’s version of EJScreen is now available. They also have data from the CDC. The Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP) are a volunteer coalition committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Hummingbird is industry-first all-electric land cementing unit SureCONTROL Plus interval control valves provide enhanced control, reliability All-electric subsea production system reduces installation costs FLORENCE, Italy, February 21, 2025 /3BL/ - Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Tuesday three new electrification technologies that will provide enhanced reliability, increased efficiency and reduced emissions for onshore and offshore operations.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Scientists outline the urgency to better identify the significant damage sand extraction across the world heaps upon marine biodiversity.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Abbott What do you think of when you think about a job in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)? Beakers, lab experiments and equations on whiteboards probably come to mind. But not all STEM careers look the same. For every scientist and engineer behind a life-saving technology, there are logistics, marketing, regulatory and legal professionals working alongside them to make sure innovative breakthroughs get to those who need them.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Production networks that are capturing the value from digital transformation do so by tackling the scaling slump, investing in their workforce, and pursuing sustainability.
3BL Media
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library Tell us a little bit about yourself and what led you to join GoDaddy. Having spent over twenty years building businesses globally, I knew a strong digital presence was crucial. But simply existing online wasn't enough. One of the biggest hurdles was finding a web agency that truly grasped our target audience, business objectives, and the potential of the digital landscape.
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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Read the full story from Rice University. Researchers at Rice University have developed a new method for performing chemical reactions using water instead of toxic solvents. The scientists created microscopic reactors capable of driving light-powered chemical processes by designing metal complex surfactants (MeCSs) that self-assemble into nanoscale spheres called micelles.
McKinsey Sustainabilty
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
McKinseys latest quantum communication report explores growing investment in new quantum communication capabilities to help meet expanding demand for enhanced cybersecurity and quantum computing.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Read the full story from the University of British Columbia. There’s a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent study.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world's population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use of those resources can present an environmental threat, contaminating waterways and generating greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide. Now, researchers have addressed those challenges with glass fertilizer beads.
Speaker: Hortense Grouvel
In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Read the full story at The Hill. The Environmental Protection Agency is facing a monumental challenge clearing up batteries after the California wildfires, a task theyre calling the biggest lithium-ion battery cleanup in the history of the agency. Southern California is the nations biggest market for electric vehicles EV and hybrid cars.
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), researchers have developed a new method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers -- offering a potentially safer and more cost-effective way to monitor this critically endangered species.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Read the full story at Food & Wine. Vineyards can be found on mountainsides and valley floors, in areas that receive plenty of rain or are extremely arid, alongside coasts, or tucked inland. But few aspects of a wines origin receive more attention than the amount of heat that its grapes are subjected to during … Continue reading Whats the difference between cool climate and warm climate wines?
Cisco CSR
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Discover the top five Learning Paths in Cisco U. Essentials for 2025, including CCNA training, cybersecurity fundamentals, programming for network engineers, application development, and SD-WAN operations.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Only two births of a blue whale have ever been recorded. Mother and calf pairs are also sighted much more rarely than might be expected. The reason, new research suggests, has to do with where and when blue whales spend their first months of life.
Environmental Finance
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Efforts to make the EU's sustainable finance regulations work better for everyone are welcome, but investors need high-quality sustainability data and regulatory certainty, write Stephanie Pfeifer , Aleksandra Palinska , and David Atkin
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Experts say a focus on re-wetting our parched peat would significantly dampen down the UK's fire-driven carbon emissions and help mitigate against climate change.
Environmental Finance
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Foreign exchange risk is a development risk, and tackling it should be a core pillar of global efforts to build resilience in disaster-prone economies, write Ulrich Volz, Yuen Lo, Harald Hirschhofer and Callum Thomas
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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.
Energy Central
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
New Delhi: Global exploration and production (E&P) leaders have emphasised the critical need to balance energy expansion with decarbonisation, digitalisation, and sustainable exploration strategies as India’s energy sector evolves. Speaking at India Energy Week 2025, which concluded last week in New Delhi, industry experts highlighted key initiatives aimed at ensuring energy.
Financial Times: Moral Money
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Also in todays newsletter, Asian Development Bank unlocks billions for climate finance
Environmental Finance
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a green bond denominated in Icelandic Krona - its first issuance in the country since 2007.
Environmental News Bits
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Read the full story at The Hill. The U.S. is barreling toward an energy transition as renewables especially solar become ever-cheaper sources of energy.
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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.
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